Region I
Roscoe – III
Seagraves – I
Advantage: Roscoe, three votes to one
Reasoning: Roscoe and Seagraves have already played, and it wasn’t pretty for Seagraves. Even though Seagraves has beaten a good Memphis team already, we aren’t sure that they can score enough to stay with Roscoe.
Wellington – II
Hamlin – II
Advantage: Push
Reasoning: Wellington and their massive lines are a force to be reckoned with, but Hamlin has come a long was since starting the season 1-2. This one will come down to the wire.
Region II
Iraan – II
Albany – II
Advantage: Push
Reasoning: There’s no way to pick a winner here. Both Iraan and Albany are finals round caliber teams, and there’s no clear way to predict how this one will end up.
Munday – II
Muenster – II
Advantage: Push
Reasoning: Munday might have flown a little bit under the radar for parts of this season, but there’s no escaping the Moguls now. They haven’t given up a point in the playoffs, and are barrelling into this clash with Muenster.
Region III
Maud – 0
Bremond – IIII
Advantage: Bremond, four votes to none
Reasoning: You couldn’t pay us any sum of money to pick against Bremond this year. They’re that good. This isn’t to diminish Maud, but Bremond is dominant.
Tenaha – IIII
Iola – 0
Advantage: Tenaha, four votes to one
Reasoning: Tenaha hasn’t just been winning their playoff games, they’ve been bludgeoning their opponents along the way.
Region IIII
Burton – II
Falls City – II
Advantage: Push
Reasoning: Falls City is better than their 8-4 record. Their only blowout loss was to Shiner, and the other games were games that they definitely had a chance to win in. They’re battle-tested, and will be a handful for a Burton team that’s had an easier road than some other teams.
Flatonia – I
Bruni – III
Advantage: Bruni, three votes to one
Reasoning: Flatonia has been on fire ever since their struggle of a start, but Bruni is a completely different animal than the teams they’ve faced in the playoffs so far.
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This is the Year of the Braves ! Albany eliminated Iraan in the play-offs in 2012, 2013 & 2015 and THE BRAVES are going to be “hyped up” for this year. The twelve (12) seniors on this years’ squad have never lost a regular season game in four (4) years and Coach Kerchoff has developed a group that is “all-in” for this year. It’s going to boil down to which teams wants “IT” more and, I firmly believe, this is The Year of THE IRAAN BRAVES. Lee Teal, IHS ’54